| HARLEQUIN | Comic servant and lover of Columbine in the commedia dell'arte |
| ZANY | From the name of a stock comic servant in the commedia dell'arte, a word used to mean absurd, amusingly eccentric, bizarre or clownish (4) |
| PUNCH | Traditional seaside puppet show with roots in the commedia dell'arte, _ and Judy (5) |
| BRIDEHEAD | Cousin and lover of Jude Fawley in the Thomas Hardy novel Jude The Obscure (3,9) |
| GUINEVERE | In Arthurian legend, the wife of King Arthur and lover of Lancelot (9) |
| LAZZO | Italian word for a gag, jig or joke in the commedia dell'arte (5) |
| JOHNBROWN | Servant and confidante of Queen Victoria at Balmoral Castle (4, 5) (9) |
| ROMANIANS | Servant and I breaking some horses for East Europeans (9) |
| ROBINHOOD | Legendary outlaw and lover of Maid Marian (5,4) |
| MANFRIDAY | Servant and companion to Robinson Crusoe (3,6) |
| PIERROT | Character from the Commedia dell'Arte with a pointed hat and white-painted face (7) |
| SUE | And 11 Cousin and lover of Jude Fawley in the Thomas Hardy novel Jude The Obscure (3,9) |
| MISLAID | Is left in the keeping of the servant and lost |
| LANCELOT | Knight of the Round Table and lover of Queen Guinevere in Arthurian legend (8) |
| ANTONY | Mark _, Roman politician and general; important supporter of Julius Caesar and lover of Cleopatra (6) |
| PISTOL | Boastful servant and companion of Falstaff in Shakespeare plays (6) |
| LYSITHEA | Moon of Jupiter discovered by US astronomer Seth Barnes Nicholson in 1938, later named after an Oceanid and lover of Zeus (8) |
| ELVIS | Fat __, portly ___ and never seen ___ pal (and lover) of EastEnders" Big Mo Harris (5) |
| ACIS | Sicilian shepherd and lover of Galatea in Greek mythology (4) |
| ISOLDE | Heroine of Arthurian legend and lover of Tristan (6) |
